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Local news in Georgia.

Every county in Georgia, with its newspapers, digital news sites, public broadcasters and local TV newsrooms, from the Medill Local News Initiative's 2026 data.

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Short answer

In Medill's 2026 data, Georgia has 156 newspapers, 43 digital-only news sites, 4 public broadcasters and 20 local TV newsrooms. Of its 159 counties, 16 have no local news source, and 120 have only one source. That is 1.4 newspapers for every 100,000 residents, against 1.6 nationally.

Source: Medill Local News Initiative, Northwestern University, 2026 data; population from the US Census Bureau, Vintage 2025. The national county figures come from Medill's county data.
MeasureGeorgiaUnited States
Newspapers1565,523
Digital-only news sites431,926
Public broadcasters4342
Local TV newsrooms20678
Newspapers per 100,000 residents1.41.6
Counties with no local news source16238
Counties with only one1201,478
Counties1593,144

How Georgia compares

  • Georgia has 1.4 newspapers for every 100,000 residents, tied for 32nd highest of the 50 states and DC. The national figure is 1.6.
  • Of the other states, one has more counties with no local news source than Georgia.
  • The county with the most local news sources is Fulton, with 33.

Map: local news by county

Map of Georgia's 159 counties, shaded by number of local news sources: 16 with none, 120 with one, 17 with two to four and 6 with five or more. Source: Medill Local News Initiative, 2026 data.
Source: Medill Local News Initiative, 2026 data. Boundaries: US Census Bureau. Download the map.
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Counties with no local news source

In Medill's 2026 data, these counties have no newspaper, digital news site, public broadcaster or local TV newsroom: Bacon, Baker, Calhoun, Chattahoochee, Clay, Echols, Glascock, Hancock, Montgomery, Quitman, Schley, Treutlen, Twiggs, Webster, Wilcox, Wilkinson.

Every county in Georgia

Source: Medill Local News Initiative, Northwestern University, county data behind its 2026 map, read November 9, 2026. A county's local news sources are its newspapers, digital sites, public broadcasters and local TV newsrooms.
CountyNewspapersDigital sitesPublic broadcastersLocal TVLocal news sourcesStatus
Appling10001One source
Atkinson10001One source
Bacon00000News desert
Baker00000News desert
Baldwin20002Two or more
Banks10001One source
Barrow10001One source
Bartow10001One source
Ben Hill10001One source
Berrien10001One source
Bibb11035Two or more
Bleckley10001One source
Brantley10001One source
Brooks10001One source
Bryan10001One source
Bulloch11002Two or more
Burke10001One source
Butts10001One source
Calhoun00000News desert
Camden10001One source
Candler10001One source
Carroll20002Two or more
Catoosa10001One source
Charlton10001One source
Chatham22037Two or more
Chattahoochee00000News desert
Chattooga10001One source
Cherokee11002Two or more
Clarke20103Two or more
Clay00000News desert
Clayton10001One source
Clinch10001One source
Cobb15006Two or more
Coffee01001One source
Colquitt10001One source
Columbia00011One source
Cook10001One source
Coweta10001One source
Crawford10001One source
Crisp10001One source
Dade10001One source
Dawson10001One source
DeKalb23016Two or more
Decatur10001One source
Dodge10001One source
Dooly10001One source
Dougherty20024Two or more
Douglas10001One source
Early10001One source
Echols00000News desert
Effingham10001One source
Elbert10001One source
Emanuel10001One source
Evans10001One source
Fannin10001One source
Fayette11002Two or more
Floyd10001One source
Forsyth10001One source
Franklin10001One source
Fulton5193633Two or more
Gilmer10001One source
Glascock00000News desert
Glynn20002Two or more
Gordon10001One source
Grady10001One source
Greene30003Two or more
Gwinnett14005Two or more
Habersham11002Two or more
Hall10001One source
Hancock00000News desert
Haralson10001One source
Harris10001One source
Hart10001One source
Heard10001One source
Henry10001One source
Houston11002Two or more
Irwin10001One source
Jackson20002Two or more
Jasper10001One source
Jeff Davis11002Two or more
Jefferson10001One source
Jenkins10001One source
Johnson10001One source
Jones10001One source
Lamar10001One source
Lanier11002Two or more
Laurens10001One source
Lee10001One source
Liberty10001One source
Lincoln10001One source
Long10001One source
Lowndes10001One source
Lumpkin10001One source
Macon10001One source
Madison10001One source
Marion10001One source
McDuffie10001One source
McIntosh10001One source
Meriwether10001One source
Miller10001One source
Mitchell10001One source
Monroe20002Two or more
Montgomery00000News desert
Morgan10001One source
Murray10001One source
Muscogee20024Two or more
Newton10001One source
Oconee10001One source
Oglethorpe10001One source
Paulding10001One source
Peach10001One source
Pickens10001One source
Pierce10001One source
Pike10001One source
Polk10001One source
Pulaski10001One source
Putnam10001One source
Quitman00000News desert
Rabun10001One source
Randolph10001One source
Richmond10023Two or more
Rockdale10001One source
Schley00000News desert
Screven10001One source
Seminole10001One source
Spalding10001One source
Stephens10001One source
Stewart10001One source
Sumter10001One source
Talbot10001One source
Taliaferro10001One source
Tattnall10001One source
Taylor10001One source
Telfair10001One source
Terrell10001One source
Thomas10001One source
Tift10001One source
Toombs10001One source
Towns10001One source
Treutlen00000News desert
Troup10001One source
Turner10001One source
Twiggs00000News desert
Union10001One source
Upson10001One source
Walker10001One source
Walton10001One source
Ware10001One source
Warren10001One source
Washington10001One source
Wayne10001One source
Webster00000News desert
Wheeler10001One source
White10001One source
Whitfield10001One source
Wilcox00000News desert
Wilkes01001One source
Wilkinson00000News desert
Worth10001One source

Neighboring states

Georgia borders Alabama, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee.

Closest to Georgia (1.4) on newspapers per 100,000 residents: Connecticut (1.4) and New York (1.4).

Use this data

Georgia alone: Georgia by county, 2026 (CSV). Every county in the country is in one file: news outlets by county, 2026 (CSV). State totals are in news outlets by state (CSV) and news deserts by state (CSV). Credit the Medill Local News Initiative for the figures, and link to this page or to news deserts by state, which has every state side by side and a lookup you can put on your own site.

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Getting a story onto local news sites

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Questions

How many news deserts are in Georgia?

Of its 159 counties, 16: Bacon, Baker, Calhoun, Chattahoochee, Clay, Echols, Glascock, Hancock, Montgomery, Quitman, Schley, Treutlen, and 4 more listed on this page. A news desert is a county with no newspaper, digital news site, public broadcaster or local TV newsroom, in Medill's 2026 data.

How many newspapers are in Georgia?

156, in Medill's 2026 data. That is 1.4 for every 100,000 residents, against 1.6 for the whole country.

Which Georgia county has the most local news sources?

Fulton, with 33: 5 newspapers, 19 digital sites, 3 public broadcasters and 6 local TV newsrooms, in Medill's 2026 data.

How this page was made

Outlet counts and news deserts come from the Medill Local News Initiative's 2026 data: the state figures on its map (read November 8, 2026) and the outlet list and county data behind it (read November 9). NewsUSA counted the outlets by county and checked on every build that the counties add up to Medill's state figures. Population is the US Census Bureau's Vintage 2025 estimate. How these guides are made.

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